Example sentences of "a few minutes [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Wopsle went in to discover what was happening , and after a few minutes rushed out , calling , ‘ Something wrong up at the forge , Pip ! |
| 2 | A few minutes passed then Gerry came up carrying two cups . |
| 3 | A murder trial jury has been told that a teenager who was left in charge of a baby girl for a few minutes killed the child by picking her up and smashing her head against a wall . |
| 4 | A few minutes spent now completing your Enrolment Form could make a world of difference to the rest of your life and your family 's , if one day a serious accident happens to you . |
| 5 | It may be difficult to explain why a few minutes spent reading fourteen lines of Shakespeare should be a higher pleasure than reading an equivalent length of a James Bond story , but the analyses of literary criticism elucidate how in the former case one is living those few minutes in intensified awareness with an extraordinarily extended span , from the texture of the words sounding in one 's inner ear to the remotest implications for the living of one 's whole life . |
| 6 | A few minutes spent walking around the churchyard of the Church of St. John the Baptist , Halling , will reveal an ancient wall . |
| 7 | After a few minutes had passed a loud scream was heard , for it was an electric oven ; and Alf , with singed hair , ran out of the house , down the street and round the corner where he vaulted the Embankment wall , intending to drown himself in the river but forgetting that it was a low tide . |
| 8 | Maintaining that calm , uncaring façade even for just a few minutes had taken a lot out of her , and she felt the faint beginnings of a headache behind her eyes . |
| 9 | ‘ Debauched little madam , what am I going to do with you ? ’ he teased , and in a few minutes had shown her very definitely what possibilities he had in mind . |
| 10 | ‘ Where 's Prescott ? ’ asked Trentham after a few minutes had passed . |
| 11 | When Nancy was out in the street again , she sat down on a door-step , and for a few minutes seemed unable to move . |
| 12 | At first she tried to be as quiet as possible as she began preparations for lunch , but after a few minutes gave up and worked normally , deciding to impress the moody Dr Vaughan by making dumplings to top the soup . |
| 13 | He did not know of it , a thought which after a few minutes occurred to Wainfleet when Wickham encountered him in the pub . |
| 14 | You only got a few minutes did n't you ? |
| 15 | He slid his hands into the sleeves , and lifted it to turn the back to the light , and for a few minutes stood studying it closely . |